CONAKRY, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Guinea's deputy junta chief
pledged on Wednesday to pave the way for a return to civilian
rule and announced that military leader Moussa Dadis Camara
would need time to recover after an assassination attempt.

The comments by Sekouba Konate on state television were the
clearest signal yet that Camara's political future was in doubt
after a Dec. 3 gun attack, and offered a possible way out of
the deepening crisis in the unstable West African state, the
world's top exporter of the aluminium ore bauxite.

"His life is not in danger but it will need time and
patience, and medical attention for some time for him to
recover fully," said Konate, who is also defence minister.

"We need to act to restore peace and the unity of all
Guineans, and to put our state and political system on a new
foundation," he said, promising to accept a prime minister
drawn from the opposition as part of national unity government.
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